244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 1987, The Professions in Early Modern England highlights the significant role of professional and quasi-professional occupations in English society before the industrial revolution, contrary to what was once historiographical and sociological orthodoxy. The editorial introduction provides an overview of the history of the professions as a distinct field of scholarly... Read more
List of Tables Preface List of Contributors List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction: The Professions and Society in Early Modern England Wilfrid Prest 2. The Anatomy of Profession: the Clergy of the Church of England Rosemary O’Day 3. Lawyers Wilfrid Prest 4. Medical Practice in Early Modern England: Trade or Profession? Margaret Pelling 5. A Drudgery of Schoolmasters: the Teaching Profession in Elizabethan and Stuart England David Cressy 6. The Estate Steward D. R. Hainsworth 7. The Profession of Arms Ian Roy Index
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Wilfrid Prest
